June 3, 1968 Table Of Contents

Author:
SI Staff

Boomerang

Torturing former teammates is a labor of love for baseball players. With ticket hustling and expansion causing more trades all the time, the revenge of the outcast is having an increasing effect on who finishes where in the pennant races

By William Leggett

A Real Shot

A REAL SHOT AT MEXICO CITY

With Jim Ryun sidelined by illness, the Olympic dreams of runners like Dave Patrick move into the realm of possibility. Last week at Modesto, Dave gave a small preview of things to come

By Robert H. Boyle

Beautiful Belmont Is Back

People

PEOPLE

Boxing

Mushky got the Tiger and Foster tamed him

Nobody in his division was willing to fight Bob Foster, let alone give him a shot at the light-heavyweight title, so he quit. Then a television show brought him back, and a new manager led him to the champion

By Gary Ronberg

Wrestling

You learn not to get greedy

Experience paid off at the Olympic trials as two veterans, recalling past competitive errors, coolly carried through to victories based on finesse

By Richard Rollins

Bridge

Out on a limb, and in spades

The last time the Italians were beaten in a World Championship the French did it. This time, our expert predicts, an American team will win

By Charles Goren

A Flare

A Flare in the Dark

Here is an on-the-scene report from South Africa—made after the decision to bar that country from the Mexico City Olympic Games—on the status of the black athlete in his apartheid world

By Tex Maule

Baseball's Week

BASEBALL'S WEEK

By Peter Carry